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Dr.
Ping Wang
Ph.D. in
Geology, University of South Florida, 1995.
Dissertation: Nearshore Sediment Transport--Field
Measurement and Prediction.
Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1992.
M.S. in Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China,
1991.
Thesis: Barrier Island Depositional Systems in Northeastern
Shandong Peninsula, China.
B.S. in Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China,
1988.
08/07-present |
Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of
South Florida. |
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08/01-08/07 |
Assistant
Professor, Department of Geology, University of
South Florida. |
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01/98-08/01 |
Assistant
Professor of Research, Coastal Studies Institute,
Louisiana State University. |
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01/97-01/98 |
Research
Associate, Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana
State University. |
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01/97-01/98 |
Instructor,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana
State University. |
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10/95-12/96 |
Research
Associate, Coastal Research Laboratory, University
of South Florida. |
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03/96-06/96 |
Visiting Research
Scientist, Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying
and Science, Texas A&M University &endash;
Corpus Christi. |
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06/92-10/95 |
Research
Assistant, Coastal Research Laboratory, University
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His areas of research interest include:
Coastal
geology.
Coastal sedimentary processes.
Nearshore sediment transport.
Nearshore wave and current dynamics.
Coastal morphodynamics.
Coastal engineering and management.
Aeolian sand transport.
Click HERE
to view Dr. Wang's vitae.
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Dr.
Richard A. Davis
Dr. Davis is
an Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Coastal
Geology and Sedimentology at the Department of Geology,
University of South Florida (USF), and an active member of
the USF's Coastal Research Laboratory.
Dr. Davis received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois
in 1964. He is a published author of 27 books and more than
200 papers published in 153 scientific journals including 56
peer-reviewed journals and 85 conference paper
presentations. A short sample list of his works include
Beaches and Coasts; Depositional Systems; Coastal
Sediments 2003 Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: Proceedings
of the International Conference Sheraton Sand Key Resort;
Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA 18 - 23 May 2003;
Depositional Systems: A Genetic Approach to Sedimentary
Geology; Geology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems,
Holocene geology and morphodynamics of the barrier island
and tidal inlet system, west-central Florida; Quaternary
geology and sedimentology of the barrier island and marshy
coast, west-central Florida, U.S.A: Mullet Key, Pinellas
County to Crystal River, Florida, July 20-23, 1989 (Field
trip guidebook); The Evolving Coast (Scientific American
Library); Beach and Nearshore Sediments and Processes (SEPM
Reprint Series); and Coastal Sedimentary Environments.
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Katie Brutsche
Katie is starting her MS research here at the USF CRL. She is interested in a variety of coastal research topics, including sediment transport processes, beach morphology, and storm impacts.
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Tiffany M. Roberts
Tiffany is working on nearshore sediment transport processes and beach morphodynamics. She conducted her undergraduate honors research and Master's Thesis on swash runup and limits of beach changes using the SUPERTANK data. Currently, she is studying beach-profile evolution and nearshore sediment transport associated with storms and beach nourishment along the Florida and Delaware coasts. Her research goal is to improve current empirical models on the prediction of wave runup, beach-profile evolution, and nearshore morphodynamics. She is in charge of one of our projects monitoring the preformance of several beach nourishments along the west-central Florida coast.
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Mark
H. Horwitz
Mark's research focuses on the Holocene geochronology of barrier island systems. His Master's Thesis dealt with the sedimentological characteristics and 3-D internal architecture of regional washover deposits, drawing on a large dataset gathered by the CRL prior to and following the multiple hurricane impacts along Florida's Gulf and Atlantic coasts in 2004 and 2005. His research is strongly field oriented, combining Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) with more traditional field techniques in order to gain insight into barrier island stratigraphy. Mark has authored and co-authored several papers on regional washover sedimentation.
Email: mhorwitz@mail.usf.edu
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Rip
Kirby
Rip is
investigating the impact of Hurricane Ivan and the rest of
the storms from the 2004-2005 hurricane seasons on the NW
Florida panhandle area and the recovery of the damaged
beaches and coastal zones.
This project will be completed in May 2006. Click HERE to review the initial report given to the SE GSA conference
in March 2005. His next project involves dune restoration on
overwash fan deposits. Based on a patent pending sand fence
design, his research will be conducted on Santa Rosa Island
in Okaloosa County. Click HERE
to see the patent pending fence design. Rip is also working
on curriculum development for undergraduate geology lab
courses. He is a member of the Paleontological Research
Institution, National Association of Geoscience Teachers,
Geological Society of America, Coastal Education and
Research Foundation (CERF-JCR),
and the Society for Sedimentary Geology.
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Jun Cheng
Jun is starting his Ph.D reserach here at CRL . |
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Mike Cook Mike has recently started his MS research here at USF CRL. |
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Dr. Vanda Claudino
Vanda is a visiting professor from Federal University of Ceara in Brazil. She is working with us studying the impacts of multiple hurricanes, in 2004 and 2005, on coastal dunes along the Florida Panhandle coast. She is also investigating the hurricane impacts on developed areas.
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Department of Geology Coastal Research Lab - SCA 528
University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL
33620
pwang@cas.usf.edu
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